Osgiliath: Frodo on the wall, and saying farewell to Faramir....

[mechtild]

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This entry presents screencaps of Frodo on the walls of before the Nazgûl, and bidding farewell to Faramir at the entrance to the sewers of Osgiliath.

Comments

[verangel]

Those pictures of Frodo...absolutely and astoundingly beautiful. Elijah's eyes just melt you with the vulnerablility and confusion and worry he knows of in his heart. He takes my breath away... xoxoxo v

[mechtild]

I know we keep saying "stunning" and "he takes my breath away", but it's *true*, isn't it? Yes, he's wonderfully vulnerable looking in the close-ups in this scene. When I read the book passages that talk about how worn and older, yet beautiful Frodo looks to Sam, I think of these images.

[verangel]

"worn and older, yet beautiful Frodo looks to Sam,"...You see it in the film. But it is more even...wisdom and sorrow. Through all three films, I never missed the changes in Frodo. That is an amazing fete..and he is just so beautiful. (yep...I said it again). xoxoxox v

[mechtild]

"Wisdom and sorrow." Yes, I can see that, too.

[claudia603]

Guh. Such a pretty Frodo! I happen to love that movie scene of farewell and wish it had been in the original movie.

[mechtild]

Yes, it's an excellent scene from TTT. I felt even sorrier that the scene in which Faramir sees the funeral boat and remembers him and Boromir together was not included. It was beautifully done, and went a long way to explain the portrayal of the family dynamics in the the House of the Steward.

Thanks for commenting, Claudia.

[claudia603]

oh, yes. That scene with Boromir in the boat was just heart-breaking and it made Faramir's movie character so much more rounded. :-)

[mechtild]

it made Faramir's movie character so much more rounded

Absolutely. More sympathetic, but also more understandable in his non-book choices.

[aussiepeach]

Oh, guh. The only colour in these scenes seems to be the bloody flicker of Mount Doom and Frodo's lips.

Guuuuuuuuuh.

[mechtild]

He's pretty guh-inducing in these, Peachy, you're right.

[mechtild]

How observant you are, Mews. Yes, the lighting really *is* special for Frodo in the sewer scene. Even in the midst of all that drabness he seems literally to glow. That he should glow in the midst of his own weariness and distress makes it all the more arresting, that soft luminosity. I know part of it is acting, but credit has to go to the lighting designer, too. :)

And, yes, that bone structure is "elegant" -- clean lines, elegantly and strongly chiselled, clothed in the finest skin imaginable. That's our film Frodo.

[rubynye]

This is an amaxing post; next time I watch TTT I'm going to remember what you've said here.

[mechtild]

Thank you, Ruby, for stopping by and posting. And happy viewing!